Felicity Jane Greenland    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Professor
Date	2016/11/06
Presentation Theme	Teacher Education Outcomes in a Teacher-Local Community Collaborative Music Project
Conference	JUSTEC (Japan U.S. Teacher Education Consortium) #28
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Poster
Contribution Type	Individual
Venue	Ehime University, Matsuyama.
Details	Documentation of a 10 year community music project in Kyoto as an incidental professional development (PD) setting for teachers. Survey respondents reported personal and professional gains: new knowledge and skills were paralleled by augmented pedagogical behaviors and attitudes, alongside identity and work-life balance benefits. Teachers attributed much of the above to the setting which afforded all them an opportunity, but no obligation, to teach, and to simultaneously assume the role of learner. This research suggests that PD need not be formalized, nor have fixed targets, for teachers to learn and develop, and that teacher education and work-life balance benefits occur concomitantly through collaborating at ‘play’.